Programming Group "whited00r" Continues to Tweak Apple's iOS 3.1.3 with New Features

Even as Apple’s first- and second-generation iPhone and iPod Touch devices gain a “vintage” status, the programming group “whited00r” is working to bring many of iOS’ latest features, such as Control Center, to the older devices. The group is responsible for production of the “whited00r” firmware, which is a heavily modified version of Apple’s iOS 3.1.3 that mimics the look-and-feel of newer iOS versions on devices that Apple no longer officially supports. The firmware is targeted at Apple’s first-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G and the first- and second-generation iPod Touch.

Currently, whited00r 7, which is the most recent release of their firmware, is designed to emulate many of iOS 7’s standout features. Control Center makes an appearance as does a new iOS 7-style camera app and multitasking view. The firmware’s push notification feature has been updated to mimic Apple’s latest “windowshade” design and iOS’ legacy Voice Control feature has been brought back. Aside from these additions, iOS 7’s visual tweaks such as flatter icons and new menu designs have also been backported in whited00r 7. Users who find a specific item performing poorly on their device are given the option to enable and disable individual features with a special settings menu.

Installing whited00r on a supported device is a pretty straight-forward three-step process. After jailbreaking an iOS device with the popular Redsn0w utility, users load whited00r’s custom firmware using iTunes after which restarting the device completes the installation.

For those of you who didn’t know, whited00r first appeared in 010 as a project to backport new iOS 4 features to devices running iOS 3 and has maintained a small but devoted following since that time. According to download statistics from open source code hosting service, Sourceforge, the whited00r 7 firmware has been downloaded tens of thousands of time since its release already.

Even as Apple’s first- and second-generation iPhone and iPod Touch devices gain a “vintage” status, the programming group “whited00r” is working to bring many of iOS’ latest features, such as Control Center, to the older devices. The group is responsible for production of the “whited00r” firmware, which is a heavily modified version of Apple’s iOS 3.1.3 that mimics the look-and-feel of newer iOS versions on devices that Apple no longer officially supports. The firmware is targeted at Apple’s first-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G and the first- and second-generation iPod Touch.

Currently, whited00r 7, which is the most recent release of their firmware, is designed to emulate many of iOS 7’s standout features. Control Center makes an appearance as does a new iOS 7-style camera app and multitasking view. The firmware’s push notification feature has been updated to mimic Apple’s latest “windowshade” design and iOS’ legacy Voice Control feature has been brought back. Aside from these additions, iOS 7’s visual tweaks such as flatter icons and new menu designs have also been backported in whited00r 7. Users who find a specific item performing poorly on their device are given the option to enable and disable individual features with a special settings menu.

Installing whited00r on a supported device is a pretty straight-forward three-step process. After jailbreaking an iOS device with the popular Redsn0w utility, users load whited00r’s custom firmware using iTunes after which restarting the device completes the installation.

For those of you who didn’t know, whited00r first appeared in 010 as a project to backport new iOS 4 features to devices running iOS 3 and has maintained a small but devoted following since that time. According to download statistics from open source code hosting service, Sourceforge, the whited00r 7 firmware has been downloaded tens of thousands of time since its release already.

Used whited00r before on a couple devices for people in the last few years. Now to see if I have enough parts on my desk to put together a functioning 3g(s) Pretty good "sauce" with the Ipsw's they provide. Glad to see they are still @ it. 👍

I've been using whited00r of a long time now. Was running the iOS 6 version of it. I must say it works really well. Kept my iPhone (original) working like a charm! Pretty fast and fluid too. Might try this 7 version out.

Whited00r 5 ran fine on my iPod 1st gen. I installed whited00r 7 about a week ago, and while aesthetically pleasing (complete with Control Center), I find it much slower. I am happy though that people haven't forgot about those of us still running older iDevices. As much as I love Apple they don't work off the philosophy that 'If it ain't broke- don't fix it'.

Whited00r 5 ran fine on my iPod 1st gen. I installed whited00r 7 about a week ago, and while aesthetically pleasing (complete with Control Center), I find it much slower. I am happy though that people haven't forgot about those of us still running older iDevices. As much as I love Apple they don't work off the philosophy that 'If it ain't broke- don't fix it'.

Try disabling Sara and the iOS 7 App Switcher, they have memory leaks.